Top Ten Throwbacks

Top 10 Tuesday is a post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and this week's topic is Top Ten Throwbacks.

Some of these throwbacks are so old I never reviewed them on the blog because I read them before I started blogging. But all of these are ones that I've read in my adult life and not like books I read and loved in high school or elementary or anything like that.

1. Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer - Twilight, New Moon

2. Graceling Realms series by Kristin Cashore - Graceling, Fire, Bitterblue

3. The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins - The Hunger Games, Catching Fire & Mockingjay

4. Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead - Vampire Academy, Frostbite, Shadow Kiss, Blood Promise, Spirit Bound, Last Sacrifice

5. Slammed series by Colleen Hoover - Slammed, Point of Retread, This Girl

6. Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley

7. Wolves of Mercy Falls series by Maggie Stiefvater - Linger, Forever, Sinner

8. The Forest of Hands and Teeth series by Carrie Ryan - The Dead-Tossed Waves, The Dark and Hollow Places

9. Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers

10. The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay

(And of course Harry Potter.) Which books are your favorite throwbacks? Let me know!

Top Ten Slow Building Relationships

Top 10 Tuesday is a post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and this week's topic is Top Ten Romance Tropes/Types.

1. Fern & Ambrose - Making Faces by Amy Harmon
2. Georgia & Moses - The Law of Moses by Amy Harmon
3. Aelin & Rowan - Throne of Glass series by Sarah J Maas
4. Mustang & Darrow - Red Rising series by Pierce Brown
5. Alexi & Bodee - Faking Normal by Courtney C Stevens
6. Juliette & Warner - Shatter Me series by Tahereh Mafi
7. Peeta & Katniss - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
8. Sydney & Adrian - Bloodlines series by Richelle Mead
9. Cole & Isabel - Wolves of Mercy Falls by Maggie Stiefvater
10. Rose & Dimitri - Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

Honorable Mentions
Eleanor & Samuel (The Captive Heart by Michelle Griep)
Kestrel & Arin (The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski)
Blue & Gansey (The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater)
Robin & Phoenix (Believe by Erin McCarthy)
Val & Kyle (V is for Virgin by Kelly Oram)
Peter & Lara Jean (To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han)
Nova & Quinton (Nova by Jessica Sorensen)
Cal & Nyelle - What If by Rebecca Donovan

What do you guys think? Who are your favorite slow building couples? Let me know!

PS Happy Valentine's Day! Hope you all have a day full of love and happiness!

Top Ten Book Nerd Characters

Top 10 Tuesday is a post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and this week's topic is Top Ten Book Nerd Characters.

1. Katy (Lux) by Jennifer L Armentrout – I mean she’s a book blogger! Come on…she’s got to make the list!
2. Catherine (Northanger Abbey) by Jane Austen – Most of Jane Austen’s main female characters read, but Catherine was way into the mysteries.
3. Hazel Grace (The Fault in Our Stars) by John Green – Do I really have to elaborate?
4. Sydney (Vampire Academy & Bloodlines) by Richelle Mead – Granted Sydney was just kind of a nerd in general.
5. Cath (Fangirl) by Rainbow Rowell – The girl wrote fanfiction based off a book series. She has to make the list too.
6. Grace (Wolves of Mercy Falls) by Maggie Stiefvater – She used to hang out at the bookstore where Sam worked. Sam’s a book nerd too, but since he was more into poetry, I chose Grace.
7. Hermione (Harry Potter) by JK Rowling – If everyone doesn’t have her on their lists….
8. Lisbeth (Millennium) by Stieg Larsson – Photographic memory. Plus in book 2 she's all up in a math book.
9. Park (Eleanor & Park) by Rainbow Rowell – Comic book nerd.
10. Allyson (Just One Day) by Gayle Forman – Shakespeare buff.

This topic was harder than I thought. I remember a lot of books mentioning that the characters like to read, but it was hard to find books where that was prominent enough for me to remember specifically. What do you think? Which book nerd characters are your favorites? Let me know!